A lot is made over the locking issue. For many like me, it is a non-issue since there is no incentive to move from the current network to make it worth while, but I suspect that eventually it won't matter...
I think the pressure of needed synergies and the need to combine as one the existing network and billing structures will within a less than a year require Cingular to come up with a simple solution. There is no easier solution than simply unlocking existing equipment rather than hoping existing users will willfully phone swap on to the new system.
If the systems were really dissimular, it would be one thing, but basically the services are interchangable with only the phone programmed to not accept the Cingular SIM. Since they are the same company and Cingular doesn't do Sim locking, it would make sense.
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Samsung Omnia i910 - Former Samsung SCH i760 (2gb MicroSD) - Former Treo700W user USB720 WWan Device Rev. A for Remote WWAN Access.
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